This year’s health crisis has made single-asset transactions more appealing for a host of reasons.
‘Rolling closes’ are becoming more normal, as are double-digit Zoom calls to secure commitments. For first timers, fundraising threatens to become harder than ever.
The report signals that it's 'stepping up' its commitment to ESG principles both in terms of how the firm acquires businesses but also how it manages its existing assets, Chris Leslie explains.
The survey by Linklaters also found seven in 10 respondents saying covid-19 has changed how they manage risks.
The nascent digital infrastructure sector needs customers committed to long-term contracts, to de-risk new technology, and provide capital for new projects where governments can’t.
Investors ‘still need to partner with those managers investing in the right infrastructure’, a report from Foresight warns.
After lockdowns led to financial duress, S&P Global Ratings’ Trevor d’Olier-Lees and Dhaval Shah see an uncertain road to recovery.
It’s not just the 10% drop in renewables investment the IEA expects this year, but the double-digit drop in energy efficiency and the cumulative decline in capex spend on electricity grids in the past four years.
Long a favourite asset of infra investors, airports' risk profile suddenly changed with the onset of the coronavirus, suffering more than 90% drops in traffic in April.
Infrastructure assets are ‘particularly susceptible’ to community distrust and social licence should be considered at all stages of a project to combat this, says a report by think-tank Infrastructure Partnerships Australia.